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Sentencing for college scandal leader

January 4th, 2023

It was March 2019 when Scuttlebutt first reported on how the FBI and federal prosecutors had uncovered a massive bribery

September 28th, 2021

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News When the college admissions scandal hit the headlines in March 2019, and the Stanford

May 18th, 2021

(May 18, 2021) – Stanford has reversed a decision it made last summer and will not eliminate 11 varsity sports,

March 18th, 2021

Former Stanford sailing coach John Vandemoer was the first person to be sentenced in the sweeping corruption scandal that exposed

March 15th, 2021

When the Stanford University sailing team coach became the first defendant to be sentenced in the 2019 college admissions bribery

July 8th, 2020

Stanford University, which has long boasted one of the most robust collections of varsity sports in the country, will cut

December 3rd, 2019

A Stanford University review found the mastermind behind the national college admissions scandal had approached seven coaches with promises of

August 3rd, 2019

Following the college admissions scandal that implicated the Stanford Sailing program and head coach John Vandemoer, the program has overhauled

July 17th, 2019

A Stanford sailor arrived at the university’s gleaming boathouse to clean out her locker at the end of the school

June 12th, 2019

Boston, MA (June 12, 2019) – Stanford University’s former sailing coach avoided significant prison time and was sentenced today to